The Green's

Sandy and I have come to love spending time with our friends the Green's. Funny how God works things out sometimes. I met Richard 8 years ago when he was a volunteer helping me learn everything I could about carpet and flooring. Six years later...Leslie became my assistant. Somewhere in that time, they became some of our closest friends. If there is fun to be had, we are usually with them. We have had many parties together including celebrating anniversaries, birthdays and graduations. The last few New Years Eves have been together. We love music and have seen Jimmy Buffet, Norah Jones, Hugh Masekela & Rod Stewart together. There is always great food when we are together. We love movies and will dance the night away when challenged by Leslie. Most of all, we just love to hang out and be with them and be ourselves with them.

The photo is a little outdated but is from a once in a lifetime experience; dinner at the exclusive Club 33 in Disneyland. A fantastic evening. So this post honors our friends Rich & Leslie. Our next BIG event with them will be a trip to Hawaii in October. Since I love Hawaii, there is a photo of that as well taken during the Queen Liliuokalani Outrigger Canoe Races in 2006. Aloha!

Club Volleyball 2008

From November through June, our lives revolve around one thing: volleyball. Club volleyball, and to be more precise the Smack Volleyball Club. Megan plays on the 15's black team while Courtney is playing on the 14's black team and sometimes fills in on the 15's blue team. Megan is a middle blocker and Courtney is a setter and outside hitter. Club volleyball means practice multiple nights a week and a couple of tournaments a month. This past weekend Courtney's team placed third in their tournament playing at the 15's level. Megan won their tournament going undefeated and winning in 6 straight games. Both girls did great! Megan wins this weeks MVP award for scoring 7 straight service points in the final game and 3 kills in a row. Mom and dad were exhausted after having to pick Megan up in Big Bear (from camp) for her games and then driving her all the way back after the tournament. Six hours of driving for the tournament. Boy are we dedicated parents or what?

USC Football

Again this year, we enjoyed a season of great Trojan football. While the season didn't live up to the hype, we still won the Pac 10 championship and the 2008 Rose Bowl.  Who would have thought Stanford would stand in the way of another national championship anyway? What the heck!  We still ended the season as the best team in college football.  

 

Dogsledding in Skagway

One of the highlights of my life happened this year.  While in Skagway, Alaska, my daughter Megan and I went dogsledding.  We lifted off from a heliport in Skagway for a 30 minute flight over some of the most beautiful scenery I have ever seen.  We landed on a glacier and spent the next hour mushing along the glacier, holding puppies, seeing what life is like for Iditarod racers and having the most exciting experience ever, before another 30 minute flight back to our ship.  

Alaska 2007

This year our family vacation was to Alaska.  We took a 7 night cruise on Royal Caribbean's ship Radiance of the Seas from Vancouver to Anchorage.  Stops were in Ketchikan, Juneau, Icy Straight Point & Skagway.  We took train rides, whale watched, dog sledded, saw totems and eagles.  It was a fantastic time and incredibly beautiful.